Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/17

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Subject: [Leica] BBC and Twitter
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:39:51 +0200
References: <CA+yJO1DJsKZi876U7ySqpPripitRHqJdtQ-c7fy9nX9jERKhGQ@mail.gmail.com>

I don't know, Tina, I think the approach outlined by the BBC is fairly 
reasonable in the circumstances, and so do many of the commenters (e.g. 
comments 2 and 5). We are not talking about pro photographers having their 
work ripped off here.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA











On Aug 17, 2011, at 9:32 PM, Tina Manley wrote:

> LUG:
> 
> BBC's attempt at explaining why they use photos from Twitter without regard
> to copyright issues:
> 
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2011/08/use_of_photographs_from_social.html
> 
> I agree with most of the comments.  You get permission or you don't use the
> photo.
> 
> Tina
> 
> -- 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
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